CURRICULUM VITAE
Erica Chito Childs
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Hunter College/City University of New York
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-772-5574
EDUCATION
2002 Ph.D. Sociology, Fordham University
1997 M.A. Sociology, Fordham University
1995 B.A Sociology and African American Studies,
San Jose State University
SPECIALIZATIONS
Race and Ethnic Relations, Family, Gender, Education, Qualitative Methods,
Media and Popular Culture
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hunter College/City University of New York
2002-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University
1998-2000 Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, Fordham University
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2009 Childs, Erica Chito. Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in Media and Popular Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
2005 Childs, Erica Chito. Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Reprints
(2007) “Navigating Interracial Borders” (Eds.). Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins, Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology 6th edition. Thomson Wadsworth
Refereed Journal Articles
2008 Childs, Erica Chito, “Listening to the Interracial Canary: Contemporary Views on Interracial Relationships Among Blacks and Whites,” Fordham Law Review, 76: 2771-2786.
2006 Childs, Erica Chito, “State of the Discourse: Can We Ignore The Perspective of Black Women on Their Own Experience?” Du Bois Review, Volume 3 (2): 471-479.
2005 Childs, Erica Chito. “Looking Behind the Stereotypes of the “Angry Black Woman”: An Exploration of Black Women’s Responses to Interracial Relationships.” Gender & Society. Volume 19:4:544-561
2005 Childs, Erica Chito and Eunice Matthews. “Divided We Stand: The Reality of Social Distance among Caucasian, Black and Latino Students at a Public Liberal Arts University,” The Griot, Spring 2005, Pg. 40-57.
2002 Childs, Erica Chito. “Families on the color-line: patrolling borders and crossing boundaries.” Race and Society 5: 139-161.
1999 Childs, Erica. “Images of the Black Male: The Intersections of Race, Sexuality and Sports.” The Journal of African American Men. Volume 4(3)
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2006 Childs, Erica Chito. “Black and White: Family Opposition to Becoming Multiracial” Pp.233-248 in (Ed. David Brunsma) Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the ‘Color-Blind’ Era. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
2006 Childs, Erica Chito and Eunice Matthews. “Racial Divides on a Diverse Campus: An Exploration of Social Distance at a State Liberal Arts University.” In (Ed. Robert Moore) African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
2005 Childs, Erica Chito. “Black-White Interracial Marriage and Families: Theory and Methods,” Pp. 202-205 in (Eds. Peggy Dilworth Anderson, Katherine Allen, Vern Bengston, and Alan Acock), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
2005 Childs, Erica Chito. “Between Black and White: Creating a Multiracial Community.” Chapter in (Ed. John Myers) Minority Voices: Linking Personal Ethnic History and the Sociological Imagination. Allyn & Bacon.
2004 Childs, Erica Chito. “MULTIRACE.COM: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Cyberspace.” in (Ed. Heather Dalmage) The Politics of
Multiracialism: Transforming, Transcending and Challenging Racial Thinking. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Invited Book Reviews
2008 Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing Family. By Michael J. Rosenfeld. Contemporary Sociology 37(4): 332-333.
2002 Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America By Kerry Rockquemore and David Brunsma. Race and Society.
2000 Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Racial Categorization of Multiracial Children in Schools. By Jane Ayers Chiong for Transformations: A Resource for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship. Volume 11(1).
2000 Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Becoming and Unbecoming White: Owning and Disowning a Racial Identity. (Eds.) by Christine Clark and James O’Donnell for Transformations: A Resource for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship. Volume 1.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Revisiting Black Sexualities in Families: Problems, Puzzles, and Prospects,” Working paper commissioned by the Ford Foundation co-authored with LaToya Tavernier and Stephanie Laudone.
“The Prime time Color-line” co-authored with Heather Dalmage under review
“Black Fathers, Brown Children: Black Fathers’ Perspectives on Raising Multiracial Children,” Book chapter for (Eds.) Charles Green and Roberta Coles, under contract with Columbia University Press.
Intersections, Borders and Dividers: Mapping Race and Class in Two Cities. (Working title of a manuscript based on ethnographic research in progress in two communities of a Northeast city divided by race and class differences).
PRESENTATIONS
2007 Childs, Erica Chito. “Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in America”Paper to be presented at the American Sociological Association.
2007 Childs, Erica Chito. “The Prime-Time Colorline” Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society.
2006 Childs, Erica Chito. “Navigating Interracial Borders” Paper presented at the XVI World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Durban South Africa.
2005 Childs, Erica Chito. “The Racial Politics of Interracial Couples: Sites of Racism and Anti-racism,” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association.
2004 Childs, Erica Chito. “The Racial Politics of Interracial Couples: Sites of Racism
and Anti-racism,” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association.
2004 Childs, Erica Chito. “Images in Black and White: Popular Culture Depiction of Interracial Couples.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association.
2003 Childs, Erica Chito. “Multirace.com: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Cyberspace,” Paper presented at American Sociological Association.
2002 Childs, Erica Chito. “The Realization of Sexuality: Exploring the Views of White and Black Communities.” Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
2002 Childs, Erica Chito. “Selling-Out or Keeping It Real: Negotiating A Black Identity Within An Interracial Relationship.” Paper presented at Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting.
2001 Childs, Erica Chito. “Constructing Interracial Borders: Multiple Narratives and Voices.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
2000 Childs, Erica Chito. “Crossing the Color Line in the 21st Century.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
2000 Childs, Erica Chito. “Interracial Images: An Analysis of Black-White Couples in Popular Film.” Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.
2000 Childs, Erica Chito. “Crossing (Inter) Racial Borders: Tales of Race, Sex and Research.” Paper presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
1999 Childs, Erica Chito. “Interracial Sex and Marriage: An Issue of Culture and Identity.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
1999 Childs, Erica Chito. “Racial Identity and Interracial Relations: An Exploration of the Social Construction of Race.” Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.
1999 Childs, Erica Chito. “Culture of the Courts: The Construction of Race and Gender on the Outdoor Basketball Courts.” Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
1998 Childs, Erica Chito. “Interracial Relations and the Emotions: Toward a Theoretical Framework.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
1998 Childs, Erica Chito. “Images of the Black Male: The Intersections of Race, Sexuality and Sports.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
1998 Childs, Erica Chito. “Cultural Aspects of Interracial Relationships and Racial Identity.” Paper presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007-2008 PSC-CUNY Grant, “Kindergarten Tracks: An Ethnographic Look
at African American Boys in Kindergarten.”
2007 CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program Associate
2006-2007 PSC-CUNY Grant “The Prime Time Color Line.”
2006-2007 NSF Gender Equity Project Associate
2003-2004 Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Connecticut State University.
2000-2001 Research Grant, Fordham University Center for Ethics Education
(co-sponsored by American Psychological Association).
2001 Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Award, Eastern Sociological
Society.
2001 Association of Black Sociologists Graduate Student Paper Award.
1999-2000 Prestigious Senior Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University.
1998-1999 Prestigious Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University
1997 American Sociological Association Honors Program.
1996 Alpha Kappa Delta
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Sociology of the Family Race and Ethnic Relations,
Introduction to Sociology Contemporary Sociological Theory
Sociology of Popular Culture Qualitative Research Methods
Focus Groups (graduate course)
SERVICE
Referee:
American Journal of Sociology American Sociological Review
Gender and Society Race and Society,
Sociological Forum Social Forces
Symbolic Interaction Rutgers University Press
Lynne Rienner Press Palgrave
National Science Foundation
National Service
2009-2010 Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities,
American Sociological Association
2009 Program Committee, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
2008-2010 Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Society for the Study of Social Problems.
2008-2009 Chair-Elect, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities,
American Sociological Association
2007-2009 Council Member, Section on Race, Class, Gender,
American Sociological Association
2007 Program Committee, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
2006-2008 Chair, Oliver Cromwell Cox Award Committee, American
Sociological Association, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
2004-2007 Council Member, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities,
American Sociological Association.
2002 Session Co-Organizer (with Abby Ferber),“Interracial Sexuality and the Social Construction of Race.” American Sociological Association.
2002 Session Organizer, “Interracial Marriage and The Black Community: Attitudes and Implications.” Association of Black Sociologists.
2002 Panel Session Organizer, “Women, Work and Children.” Sociologists for Women in Society.
2002 Professional Workshop Facilitator, “Timing Careers, Becoming Parents.” American Sociological Association.
University and Departmental Service
2005-Present Sociology Club Advisor, Hunter College/CUNY
2005-Present Urban Lecture Series Planning Committee, Hunter College/CUNY
Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Sections: Family; Latino/a Sociology; Race, Class and Gender; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Sex and Gender
Association of Black Sociologists
Eastern Sociological Society
New England Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Sociologists for Women in Society